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Because if you think about it... The arcade has changed locations and platforms these days. You might think they're long gone, but they're hotter than ever right now with the introduction of online gaming at home. Remember when THE go to video games in the arcades were Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter?! That's pretty much what first person shooters are to the gaming community right now. Yesterday's arcade's fighters.
I mean, think about it. Not a lot of people really messed with adventure games in the arcade. Nobody really messed with anything that wasnt multiplayer really. Remember how those racing games with all the seats lined up used to be in the arcade? They were HOT because they were MULTIPLAYER. Single player games never really did that well unles you were playing at home. Because you pretty much HAD to play single player. There was no way to connect and play online for competition unles you had a friend right next to you. So that's why I think single player games might be phazed out really fast because the arcade is now home, and multiplayer games DOMINATE the arcade.
Remember how a lot of Japanese companies were kings of the arcade and video game industry? It's because they're KINGS of the single player games. We used to compete, but we couldnt really touch them in single player games. Until recently with studios like Rockstar with the GTA series and stuff. But look at the paradigim. Japan is HEAVILY falling off now that we have home arcade systems where we can play MULTIPLAER at home. Because everything pretty much fell in order. What was Americas really breakthrough arcade games? Mortal Kombat and Killer Instincts, right? I could be wrong, but I think I've fulfilled all of my prophesies, I am up to date in all of my predictions. My train is running on schedule!
I mean, think about it. Not a lot of people really messed with adventure games in the arcade. Nobody really messed with anything that wasnt multiplayer really. Remember how those racing games with all the seats lined up used to be in the arcade? They were HOT because they were MULTIPLAYER. Single player games never really did that well unles you were playing at home. Because you pretty much HAD to play single player. There was no way to connect and play online for competition unles you had a friend right next to you. So that's why I think single player games might be phazed out really fast because the arcade is now home, and multiplayer games DOMINATE the arcade.
Remember how a lot of Japanese companies were kings of the arcade and video game industry? It's because they're KINGS of the single player games. We used to compete, but we couldnt really touch them in single player games. Until recently with studios like Rockstar with the GTA series and stuff. But look at the paradigim. Japan is HEAVILY falling off now that we have home arcade systems where we can play MULTIPLAER at home. Because everything pretty much fell in order. What was Americas really breakthrough arcade games? Mortal Kombat and Killer Instincts, right? I could be wrong, but I think I've fulfilled all of my prophesies, I am up to date in all of my predictions. My train is running on schedule!